Whelk Egg Case

Description

This is the egg case for the familiar marine gastropod called a whelk which belongs to the family Buccinidae. There are three species of whelk in Rhode Island: channeled whelk (*Busycotypus canaliculatus*), knobbed whelk (*Busycon carica*), and lightning whelk (*Busycon sinistrum*). More info on local Rhode Island whelks here: https://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/the-secret-life-of-whelks/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccinidae http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/marine/pdf/Angell_2019_Whelk.pdf Accession #: 463.94 Captured with Artec Spider 3D Scanner https://www.artec3d.com/portable-3d-scanners/artec-spider-v2